Farmers, workers can move up

Farmers and blue-collar workers who have experience working in China's villages and communities will have more chances to be hired in higher-level civil servant positions.

China is putting more emphasis on hiring people with grassroots experience for government jobs, a top human resource official said. In years past, these people have been mostly excluded from these jobs.

"Selecting civil servants from countryside and community to higher positions in the government is on our top agenda," said Yin Weimin, the minister of Human Resources and Social Security.